SCHOLASTIC BASEBALL: Little Falls shuts out Herkimer

APRIL 22 SCHOLASTIC BASEBALL ROUNDUP The Little Falls Mounties got another strong pitching performance from a senior Monday and defeated Herkimer 4-0 at Veterans Memorial Park. Tyler Baumeister threw his second shutout of the season, a three-hitter with one walk, a...

Tyler Baumeister threw his second shutout of the season, a three-hitter with one walk, and struck out eight Magicians. The Mounties (4-2, 3-1 CSC-II), ranked 12th in Class C by the New York State Sportswriters Association, have allowed one unearned run in their four victories.

The win keeps Little Falls in a tie with West Canada Valley at the top of the Center State Conference’s Division II standings. The co-leaders meet Wednesday in Newport to complete their first pass through the league.

Stephen Scialdo countered Baumeister with a three-hitter of his own for Herkimer (3-4, 2-2 CSC-II). Scialdo, whose double was the game’s only extra-base hit, walked four batters and hit two while striking out four.

Little Falls took advantage of a third-inning error to put the game’s first run on the board. Mitchell Baumeister reached base on the error and stole second base before scoring on a hit by Nick Luppino.

Another error helped the Mounties pad their lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Tyler Baumeister had walked and scored on an overthrow on a ball hit by Jason Vespi. Sean Ward followed with a single and drove Vespi home with the final run.

Hanifin struck out 10 batters, walked three and allowed an infield hit to Tanner Stone in the fourth inning. He has won both of his starts for the Hilltoppers (6-0) who are 15th in the New York State Sportswriters Association’s season-opening Class C poll.

Marcus Failing singled, doubled, drove in a run and scored twice for Fort Plain. Hanifin added an RBI-single and scored a run. Dakota Nemecek had a hit, a run and an RBI, Trent Douglas had a hit and an RBI and Drew Fureno had a hit and scored a run.

ST. JOHNSVILLE, N.Y. — Mekeel Christian Academy scored nine times in the top of the first inning at Soldiers and Sailors Park Monday and defeated St. Johnsville’s Saints 17-10.

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The Lions (4-2) took advantage of five walks, a hit batter and three St. Johnsville errors to score their nine runs on just two hits.

The Saints (3-3) scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, two in the second and one in the third to cut their deficit to 9-6 before the Lions put up three more runs in the fifth and four in the sixth.

Rhein Zaronda doubled twice for Mekeel Christian and Tyler Guido had two hits.

Devan Battisti had a single and a double for St. Johnsville, ranked 16th in Class D by the New York State Sportswriters Association, which next plays Wednesday at Fort Plain.

The Indians (3-2, 3-1 CSC-II) scored five runs in the top of the first inning and three more in the second to give Williams an 8-0 lead. Josh Sudakow had two hits and four runs batted in while Brandon Roberts went 3-for-4 and scored four runs.

Dolgeville (1-3, 1-3 CSC-II) scored is two runs in the sixth inning. Josh Gross broke up Williams’ bid for a no-hitter with his single to left field in the sixth.

The Indians host Little Falls Wednesday for a showdown between the Center State Conference’s Division II co-leaders. Dolgeville played Tuesday against Mohawk.